MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about this fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
studies
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OER) and
massively open online courses (MOOCs).
The latest
changes in
elearning make it possible for
people
all over the world
to take courses via the Internet.
Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors.
Massively open online courses are
mostly free
but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
elearning technology institutions
are having to consider
now that technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can organizations
ensure that
the teaching provided by these
MOOCs is
tolerable?
How can organizations
ensure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach massively open online courses?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Korea, South to conduct these massively open online courses?
How can stakeholders
manage issues like
low
learner motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
available there is a
developing
demand
to understand how
massively open online courses are being conducted.
Researchers
and lots of other
stakeholders
want
to better understand
these
fascinating new open education
endeavours.
Trainers want
to understand how
MOOCs
can be improved.
To handle this
expanding
demand for
data
the interesting new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This stimulating new book
also discusses the
key controversies associated with
MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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